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      Discerner of Hearts

      by Olive Senior
      Published
      Mar 1995
      Main Genre
      Literary Literary
      Pages
      232
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      The nine vividly rendered stories of place and character in Discerner of Hearts are set in Jamaica, both rural and urban, some present-day, others looking back several decades. Senior's gift for fine characterization, for recreating the music of everyday speech, pervades these tales, which explore notions of home and exile as well as the intricate realm of the human spirit – its fallible nature, its indomitable strength against the sometimes downward pull of fate.

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      General Fiction

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      Literary

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      First Edition Mar 1995 McClelland & Stewart (Canada) ISBN13 9780771080531 ISBN10 0771080530
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      Jan 2002 McClelland & Stewart (Canada) ISBN13 9780771080548 ISBN10 0771080549
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